Extinguisher for cigars, cigarettes, and the like



E. VORWERK 2,268,975

EXTINGUISHER FOR CIGARS, CIGARETTES, AND THE LIKE Jan. 6, 1942.

Filed Feb. 10. 1939 Patented Jan. 6, 1942 EXTINGUISHER FOR CIGARS, CIGARETTES, AND THE LIKE Edgar Vorwerk, Hamburg, Germany Application February 10, 1939, Serial No. 255,756 In Germany March 7, 1938 2 Claims.

This inventionrelates to an extinguisher for lighted cigars and cigarettes, which acts by depriving the lighted object of oxygen.

Among the known devices operating on this contains enough oxygen to keep burning cigar or cigarette butts smoldering for quite a while during which time the unpleasant smoky odor still prevails. Furthermore, this stale tobacco smoke will come out when the receptacle is opened, and another drawback is that the ash trays of this class can be cleaned only with difficulty.

Another known extinguisher for cigars and cigarettes comprises a cylindrical tube having a conically expanded end or ends for the reception and extinction of the burning end of a cigar or cigarette. This construction suffers from the drawback that the butt sticks in the central cylindrical portion of the tube and requires for its removal a knife or other tool. The use of such tubes is therefore objectionable on account of lack of cleanliness.

The invention has for its object to eliminate the defects of the known constructions by providing an extinguisher having a hoodlike body portion possessing a smooth edge which is notched to receive the cigar or cigarette to be extinguished. The hood-like body portion may be bell-shaped and fitted with a handle.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a side view of the extinguisher;

Fig. 2, a section on the line IIII, of Fig. 3;

Fig. 3, a top View of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 shows the extinguisher in use.

l is a hoodlike body, preferably bell-shaped, to 1 keep the hollow space 2 for the reception of the burning end of the cigar or cigarette to be extinguished as small as possible. a smooth edge 3 and will thus be shut off air- The body I has tight on being placed on a plane surface. A cutout 4 in the edge 3 is adapted to the usual form of a cigar or cigarette and, as indicated in Fig. 4, so dimensioned that when the extinguisher is placed over, say, a burning cigarette airtight sealing is effected both at the edge 3 and cut out 4.

As shown in Fig. 2 the use of the extinguished is facilitated by means of a handle 5 which is secured to the body member I in any suitable niamer, for instance by being riveted thereto a The use and mode of operation of the extinguisher are clearly shown in Fig. 4. The cigar or cigarette to be extinguished is simply placed on a level support, whereupon the extinguisher is put over the burning object which then does not'require any more attention and will be extinguished within a short time, as the small amount of oxygen within the hollow space 2 will soon be consumed. The extinguisher can then be lifted oil? from the butt without having any tobacco particles adhering to it so that stripping means can be dispensed with. It is a feature of the invention that the extinguisher is always ready for use.

I claim:

1. A portable extinguisher for cigars and cigarettes consisting essentially of a hollow, downwardly-opening bell-shaped body member having a smooth edge defining the opening thereof, a portion of said edge being coplanar, whereby a substantially airtight joint may be formed therebetween and a smooth plane surface upon which the body member may be placed, said body member being provided with a lateral notch defining the remaining portion of said edge and extending upwardly from said first portion for the reception of the cigar or cigarette to be extinguished, said body member being otherwise essentially continuous.

2. An extinguisher as defined in claim 1, said body member being provided with a handle whereby the body member may be superposed in enclosing relationship over the end of the cigar or cigarette to be extinguished.

EDGAR VORWERK. 

